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IAM Motoring Research and Reports |
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Barriers to Change
Position paper on motorcycles and crash barriers
Crash barriers that save the lives of car occupants can be killers of motorcyclists. The statistics are stark: hitting a crash barrier is a factor in 8 to 16 per cent of rider deaths, and riders are 15 times more likely to be killed than car occupants.
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Don't Poke Me - I'm Driving
Using smartphones for social networking while driving is more dangerous than drink driving or being high on cannabis behind the wheel according to research published today by the IAM.
Even when hazards were detected, the driver's ability to respond was slowed. The combination of observed impairments to driving will cause a substantial increase in the risk of a collision.
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The Fast and the Curious
We know that young drivers are more likely to be in accidents which:
• happen at night time and weekends
• take place on bends, particularly on rural roads
• have three or more casualties in the car
• involve skidding, and overturning
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Licenced to Skill
Driver and rider error or poor reaction are behind the top three causes of fatal and serious crashes, new research from the IAM reveals.
Cars don't lose control; drivers do!
Licenced to skill: Contributory factors in road accidents.
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IAM Motoring Facts
The definitive reference guide to life on the UK's roads has been published by the IAM's Policy and Research Division; IAM Motoring Trust.
With an accessable database of thousands of statistics IAM Motoring Facts is a 'one stop' reference for anyone - from motoring professionals to students - with an interest in motoring.
Information includes; vehicle numbers, environmental impacts, taxation levels, driving licences, official forecasts and global comparisons.
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Who's in the driving seat
Based on a survey of over 1000 drivers ‘Who’s in the driving seat? found that men and women enjoy driving, and rate themselves to be confident, considerate and safe behind the wheel, but almost twice as many men as women claim to be very confident.
Both sexes are equally likely to admit to speeding, poor parking behaviour or losing their temper. Driving on motorways or in heavy traffic can be nerve wracking for some women drivers and many remain happy to let their partner fuel and maintain the car and do all the paperwork.
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Young Drivers
Young drivers - where and when they are unsafe compares drivers between 17 and 70 in an analysis of almost a quarter of a million KSI crashes between 2000 and 2006.
The study reveals where, when and why young drivers die or are seriously injured on the roads.
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Older Drivers
Drivers over 70 are no more likely to cause crashes than any other driver, and are considerably safer than younger drivers, according to a report published today by the IAM.
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16: Dangerous Age for Moped Riders
The latest IAM Motoring Trust research shows that 16 is the most dangerous age to ride a moped, and it is boys who are mainly at risk.
The study points to crucial questions that everyone involved in young people will want answered.
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Rural Roads Report
On an average day, nine people die on Britain's roads; six of them are killed on rural roads.
But why are roads in the countryside the biggest killers; what are the ingredients in those crashes that make them more dangerous than roads in towns and cities
What are the common factors that point to the causes? |
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Star Rating Europe's Roads for Safety
For the past five years the IAM Motoring Trust has participated in the European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) to rate roads according to the risk to the driver.
Star rating roads to show how well or badly they would protect car occupants from severe injuries is the most innovative and exciting road safety development in recent years.
There is the potential for highway authorities to have safer roads and for road users to drive and ride more safely.
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